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Right then.

Following general consensus I'm thinking...

Standard Wellington Fangirl Friday. Which is dinner at the Oaks (cheap and cheerful) and then cake/coffee at Olive. Possibly 8pm to start? I'll do last minute confirmations by text -- I have 90% of the numbers, and we'll assemble the rest.

Location Location Location

1) Nomads Capital -- 118 Wakefield Street, Wellington

There are two rooms booked here, under "Victoria". Just bowl up, and ask at the desk. Mab you seem to be arriving first, so perhaps you could 'acquire' your room, and the Ls etc can grab the second one when they get in at 7.

2) Thistle Hall -- corner Cuba and Arthur Streets

Just round the corner and up the street. China and I will be setting up from 10 to 10.30 Saturday morning; feel free to arrive at 10.30 like princesses, or before that if you want to mill around. ;-p

Hey all.

We're in countdown phase now, yippee. In that vein, I'd like to confirm the guest contributors, length of time for their presentations, and equipment/tech support required. This will in theory allow China and I to finalise the timetable.

So. This list is the people who submitted papers volunteered to present. I know there have been some changes, and I've endeavoured to keep up with those, but I'm unsure in a couple of places.

Can you please confirm by comment 1) The title of your presentation; 2) a wee blurb/witty oneliner for the programme; 3) format (powerpoint, clipvid etc, I just want to make sure I have all necessary programs on the Designated Laptop); 4) rough guess at length (noone will play music to get you off the stage!)

arysteia

1) Doctor Who in 15 Minutes -- Forty Five Years of Canon, Massively Compressed
2) Doctor/Master -- Clex for Clever People
3) Inevitable Smallville Update -- Renaissance/Requiem 3 for the Fandom that Will Not Die

china_shop

1) Slash Pictionary
2) Due South part deux
3) Flashpoint [a general show pimp?]

morebliss

Torchwood -- [I'm unsure S, is this a general show pimp or a ship manifesto for Janto?]

blademistress

Nip/Tuck -- [Likewise L, is this a general show pimp or a ship manifesto for Sean/Christian?]

stickmarionette

1) Soccer RPS redux
2) Discussion -- RPS and the Media

cross_stitchery

The Sentinel [Pimp? Manifesto? Both?]

kiwisue

The Professionals -- Kickin' it Old Skool

If you still want to toss your hat into the ring, it's not too late! Just let me know asap, and get cracking!

Other than that... If you can bring your presentation on a flash drive and transfer it to the Designated Laptop in the morning, I think that will greatly facilitate the smooth running of this submarine. I want to leave the DL permanently hooked up, and not switch unless we absolutely have to.

Ooh, and. Last call for vids, I'm finalising the show. Anything awesome come out in your fandom in the last month? Hit me.

Preferred first name: Victoria

My primary fandom: Doctor Who is slugging it out with Supernatural

My secondary fandom: Stargate: Atlantis has dropped back (to the point where I just looked confused when china_shop apologised for my bereavement). And crazily, Smallville is making a very strong, very fast comeback. Again. How 'bout that???

Other fandoms: The Professionals. Torchwood.

OTP forever: Lex/Clark. Doctor/Master. Sam/Dean.

OTP sometimes: Bodie/Doyle. Sheppard/McKay. Jack/Ianto.

My definition of slash is: Two hot guys doing hot things to each other. What's funny to me is that sometimes they're *not* objectively hot until that wee / appears, and then poof! Magic. Suddenly they are. The mega hotness of one converts the other in my eyes. And the power of their affection does the rest. [I'm fully aware I've left femslash out. It's not an accident. I've never read it, never thought about it. Interestingly (to me anyway), that's not a sexual preference so much as a commentary on the dearth of good (or any!) female characters in shows I watch. Because I *do* read gender swap femslash for my OTPs, and that's just silly.]

I like slash because: It makes bad shows better and good shows awesome. No seriously. Good fanfic anyway distils and crystallises what you love about a show, filling in gaps and explaining glitches. Slash just goes one better by focusing on the relationships you love, the character dynamics you enjoy... Oh, and the hot. I also like the emotional content. It's my favourite driver in a show anyway, more so than the action, so a fic that's heavily based around that is win win for me.

I discovered slash by: Print zine belonging to older sister at friend's house. Mention in Complete History of Trek (very negative of course!). Link on fan site for Robin of Sherwood. Game over.

My bullet proof kink: Dominant personality/control freak bottoming.

My major league squick: The Healing Power of the Cock. Damn you! It does not fix rape trauma *or* madness!!! Or evil, come to that. Though sometimes I let that one go, *g*.

My guilty pleasure: Mpreg. Yes. I know. Put down those vegetables. I justify myself to noone.

I first found out about (my first) g/t from/by: Bwahahaha. china_shop and I invented it, yo. But I *can* tell an origin story. I went to a barbecue at china's. She said casually, "Oh hey, there's a slash con in Sydney. We should go." I don't think she was particularly serious. "We should totally go," I replied. I don't think *I* was particularly serious. "Okay," she countered. "Okay," I agreed. And suddenly we *were* serious. And then I was *terrified* on the plane. And we agreed that she'd be the goofy one and I'd be the cool one. But then everyone we met was awesome. And I was cool for about an hour till I lost all dignity shrieking "Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!1!" in the auction for an original Theban Band manip of Clark and Lex. Meh. The goofy have more fun. And we liked the Tight Five (aka the EHoF) so much we told them to come to NZ and we'd do it all again. And they did. And we did. And thus g/t was born.

Following initial discussion of preferences a couple of weeks ago, I went ahead and booked two Quad rooms at Nomads. shihadchick helpfully reminded me of this this afternoon so I just want to verify number of nights required and people involved. If it's wrong it's easily fixed, but I need to know pretty quickly. If anyone's a late joiner I need to know that too so I can add you.

Room One:

kiwisue
mab_browne
cross_stitchery
sethra2000
angel_a

Room Two:

shihadchick
blademistress
stickmarionette
blue_raven

Rooms are booked Friday and Saturday nights, with an option to add Sunday night for those that require it.

Right then.

First official post of the 2008 season.

Dates: Main event Sat 4th and Sun 5th October. Welcome dinner, gossip, vids etc Fri 3rd for those who have already arrived.

Accommodation: Nomads Capital. It's a very nice, very new, hostel smack in the centre of down-town Wellington. What we hope to do, ideally, is put together groups and book the rooms so noone gets accidentally left off like happened last year. Prices are $31 per person for an Ensuite Quad, $23 for a ten bed dorm, and various combos in between. I can poll to see which options you favour when we get a stronger idea of numbers.

Venue: At the moment we are strongly leaning towards the Arts Centre, which is also smack centre of town. Location location. This is to be confirmed with the worst secretary in the world (TM).

Costs: To be confirmed when venue is confirmed, but looking very reasonable. Self catered this year, so basic venue and admin costs only.

Attendance: Confirmed -- arysteia, china_shop, morebliss, woolly_socks, kiwisue, cross_stitchery, mab_browne, shihadchick, blademistress, stickmarionette, sethra2000, aworldinside, blue_raven, angel_a.

Official Forms: Will be posted soon. Bwah.

Contributors: arysteia = 1) Doctor Who in 15 Minutes, 2) Doctor/Master -- Clex for Clever People, 3) Smallville Update -- Renaissance/Requiem 3 for the Fandom that Will Not Die; china_shop = 1) Slash Pictionary, 2) Due South part deux, 3) Flashpoint; morebliss = Torchwood; cross_stitchery = Sentinel; blademistress = Nip/Tuck (sans gore); stickmarionette = Update of Soccer RPS.

All remaining fandoms (including those previously visited) are up for grabs to volunteers. Your contribution can take whatever form you like -- pimp reel, slide show, powerpoint, old skool handouts, ship manifesto, you name it. Go nuts. Also panel moderators and suggestions for discussion please.

I think that's it for now. COME! The power of slash compels you!